Dynamically determine optimal 5G new radio configuration for dual radio access technology capable user devices

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically determining optimal 5G New Radio (NR) configuration for dual Radio Access Technology (RAT) technology capable user equipment (UE). After receiving an indication a UE has connected to a particular sector, an eNodeB having a nonstandalone (NSA) 5G node and a standalone (SA) 5G node requests historical information or geotagged data corresponding to the UE. The eNodeB determines a NSA signal quality for a 5G node of the eNodeB and a SA signal quality of the 5G SA node. Based on a delta of the NSA signal quality and the SA signal quality being below a predetermined threshold, the eNodeB uses the historical information or the geotagged data to dynamically assign the UE to the NSA 5G node or the SA 5G node.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for dynamically determining optimal 5G New Radio (NR) configuration for dual Radio Access Technology (RAT) technology capable user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
 receiving an indication, at an eNodeB having a nonstandalone (NSA) 5G node, that a UE has connected to a particular sector; 
 requesting, by the eNodeB, historical information corresponding to the UE; 
 determining a NSA signal quality for a 5G node of the eNodeB and a SA signal quality of a 5G standalone (SA) node; and 
 based on a delta of the NSA signal quality and the SA signal quality being below a predetermined threshold, using the historical information to dynamically assign, by the eNodeB, the UE to the NSA 5G node or the SA 5G node. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the historical information comprises historical application information corresponding to the UE. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining the UE is capable of supporting NSA 5G and SA 5G networks. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, in response to the requesting, receiving, at the eNodeB, historical information from a core network. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining the NSA 5G node and the SA 5G node are providing overlapping coverage for the UE. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising monitoring, at the eNodeB, application information corresponding to the UE to generate the historical information. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 6 , wherein the monitoring occurs at the eNodeB for a defined period of time. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 6 , wherein the monitoring occurs at the eNodeB for a defined number of application counts. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 6 , wherein the application information comprises non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) quality of service class identifiers (QCI). 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 9 , further comprising assigning the UE to the NSA 5G node if the count of non-GBR QCIs for the UE is greater than an operator defined threshold. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 6 , further comprising assigning the UE to the SA 5G node if the count of non-GBR QCIs for the UE is less than an operator defined threshold. 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising requesting, by the eNodeB, geotagged UE data corresponding to the UE. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 12 , further comprising using the geotagged UE data to dynamically assign, by the eNodeB, the UE to the NSA 5G node or the SA 5G node. 
     
     
       14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for dynamically determining optimal 5G New Radio (NR) configuration for dual Radio Access Technology (RAT) technology capable user equipment (UE), the operations comprising:
 receiving an indication, at an eNodeB having a nonstandalone (NSA) 5G node, that UE has connected to a particular sector; 
 requesting, by the eNodeB, geotagged UE data corresponding to the UE; 
 determining a NSA signal quality for the NSA 5G node of the eNodeB and a SA signal quality of a standalone (SA) 5G node; and 
 based on a delta of the NSA signal quality and the SA signal quality being below a predetermined threshold, using the geotagged UE data to dynamically assign, by the eNodeB, the UE to the NSA 5G node or the SA 5G node. 
 
     
     
       15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 14 , comprising determining the UE is capable of supporting NSA 5G and SA 5G networks. 
     
     
       16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 15 , further comprising, in response to the requesting, receiving, at the eNodeB, geotagged UE data corresponding to the UE from a core network. 
     
     
       17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 14 , further comprising determining the NSA 5G node and the SA 5G node are providing overlapping coverage for the UE. 
     
     
       18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 14 , requesting, by the eNodeB, historical information corresponding to the UE. 
     
     
       19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 18 , further comprising using the historical information to dynamically assign, by the eNodeB, the UE to the NSA 5G node or the SA 5G node. 
     
     
       20. A system for dynamically determining optimal 5G New Radio (NR) configuration for dual Radio Access Technology (RAT) technology capable user equipment (UE), the system comprising:
 one or more UEs; and 
 an eNodeB having a nonstandalone (NSA) 5G node and a standalone (SA) 5G node, wherein the eNodeB:
 (1) upon receiving an indication a UE of the one or more UEs has connected to a particular sector, requests historical information or geotagged data corresponding to the UE; 
 (2) determines a NSA signal quality for a 5G node of the eNodeB and a SA signal quality of the 5G SA node; and 
 (3) based on a delta of the NSA signal quality and the SA signal quality being below a predetermined threshold, uses the historical information or the geotagged data to dynamically assign the UE to the NSA 5G node or the SA 5G node.